Written Ministerial Statements

Thursday, 14 October 2010

  • House of Lords

    • EU: Justice and Home Affairs Council

      The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 7 and 8 October in Luxembourg. My honourable friend, the Minister of State for Immigration (Damian Green) and my right honourable friend,...

    • Higher Education: Funding

      My honourable friend the Minister of State for Skills and Lifelong Learning, has today made the following Statement. On Wednesday 13 October the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced...

  • Treasury

    • Restricting Pensions Tax Relief

      The Government provide generous tax relief to save for a pension, to encourage individuals to take responsibility for retirement planning and to recognise that pensions are less flexible than...

  • Business, Innovation and Skills

    • Additional Freedom (Further Education Colleges)

      On Wednesday 13 October, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced that it has now chosen to reclassify general further education colleges as part of central Government. This decision...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Public Bodies Reform

      The coalition Government are committed to review public bodies, with the aim of increasing accountability for actions carried out on behalf of the state. Today I am placing in the Library of the...

    • "Building a Stronger Civil Society"

      I am today publishing a strategy for voluntary and community groups, charities and social enterprises. The document sets out the scale and nature of the opportunities being made available to...

  • Defence

    • Afghanistan: Training

      Over the past few months, the UK and our coalition partners in Afghanistan have carried out a rebalancing of forces within the area of operations covered by Regional Command (South West). In a...

  • Health

    • Learning Disabilities and Mental Health Services

      I am today laying before Parliament the 14th( )report prepared pursuant to section 11 of the Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 as amended by the Health and...

    • Generic Medicines

      I am today publishing the Government's response to the consultation on the proposals to implement generic substitution of medicines in primary care. Alongside it a report of the analysis of...

      Six Lives: The Provision of Public Services to People with Learning Disabilities

      I am pleased to announce that I have today published the Department of Health's progress report in response to the recommendations of the parliamentary and health service ombudsman and local...

      Contaminated Blood

      On 16 April 2010 judgment was handed down on a judicial review of a decision made by the previous Government not to accept a recommendation made in the report of Lord Archer of Sandwell's...

  • Home Department

    • Justice and Home Affairs Post-Council Statement

      The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 7 and 8 October in Luxembourg. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice and I attended on behalf of the United Kingdom. The...

    • Returns to Zimbabwe

      I am announcing today our intention to end the current suspension of enforced returns of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe. There are some Zimbabweans who continue to have a well-founded fear of...

      Schengen Agreement (Correction to Written Answer)

      I regret to inform that House that there were inaccuracies in an answer to parliamentary questions 15306, 15307, 15308, 15309, 15310 and 15391 (linked) on 15 September 2010, Official Report,...

  • Justice

    • Her Majesty's Courts Service

      In March 2010 a list of key performance indicators was published for Her Majesty's Courts Service for 2010-11. One of these indicators was "to maintain the "very satisfied" element of the HMCS...

    • Updating the Coroner System

      I wish to make a statement to announce plans for changes to the coroner system in England and Wales. We believe the proposals I am putting forward today will bring improvements to the system, and...

  • Transport

    • EU Transport Council - 15 October 2010

      The first Transport Council of the Belgian presidency will take place in Luxembourg on 15 October. The Council will be asked to reach a political agreement on the directive amending Directive...

  • Work and Pensions

What is this?

Written Ministerial Statements were introducted in late 2002 to stop the practice of having “planted” or “inspired” questions designed to elicit Government statements.

They are just that – statements on a particular topic by a Government Minister.

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